Former FCC officials want to force a vote on the ‘weapon’ Brendan Carr has invoked against broadcasters

Source: The Verge

Overview

Several former Federal Communications Commissioners and staffers from both parties are urging a federal appeals court to compel the FCC to hold a vote on its News Distortion Policy. They argue that the policy should be repealed after it was allegedly abused by Republican Chair Brendan Carr.

On Tuesday, a group of petitioners asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to require the FCC to vote on a petition to repeal the News Distortion Policy. The petition, filed by the bipartisan group of former officials in November 2025, followed Carr’s invocation of the rule to pressure ABC into temporarily suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel. Currently, only the agency chair can bring…

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